28 September 2013

As we have seen, some are hoping fervently for a 'post-racial' West in which we all blend to a mocha color and harmony comes at last. In such a world, so it's thought, we'll see no more prejudice, exclusion, oppression, micro-aggressions, or 'other-ing.' There isn't a social problem, it appears, that cannot be righted by us all becoming beige.

But where is the evidence that tossing diverse ethnies in a pot leads to a happy racial purée? To those who insist it is coming, we at Those Who Can See offer three counter-hypotheses:

(1) No multi-ethnic society will blend smoothly down to one race.

(2) Multi-ethnic societies will always breed inequality, and the more disparate the groups, the more inequality there will be.

(3) The resentments that spring from this can only weaken, not strengthen, society.

For these reasons, we propose that the ideal society is not ethnically diverse, but ethnically homogenous.

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The prophets of a Beige Future are everywhere. Being colored is trendy; being white is bland:

'Ours! ... It was our people! ... Everywhere you saw nothing but this
superb brown color that only the loveliest human beings have... [...] Personally, I don't want to be Western. I don't want to be a white Catholic; I'd rather be a black atheist.'

'Look at all the beautiful colours the women here are wearing. Within ten years this is what it is going to look like all over Europe. Back home it’s so bleak and dreary, the colours are devoid of life. ...'

We see echoes of the 'exoticism' of 18th and 19th century colonialism, where displaying a
Chinese painted screen or an Ashanti mask in your drawing room was a
sign of status. Today, appropriating not the possessions but the very
identity of these 'exotics' has become à la mode.

But let us not be fooled: The light-skinned elite may preach 'marrying out' to the masses, but they avoid it scrupulously among themselves. At the same time, it is rare that high-status men of color have children as dark as or darker than themselves.

Black legends and their wives: Music greats Herbie Hancock and James Brown, sports icons Michael Jordan and Pele, acting legends Sidney Poitier and James Earl Jones (Courtesy of A Field Negro)

Which leads us to the two great color systems the colonial world has known: The one-drop rule and the pigmentocracy. Is there evidence that either one can lead to post-racial paradise?

'I think that's what makes many Swedes jealous of immigrant groups. You have a culture,
an identity, a history, something that brings you together. And what do
we have? We have Midsummer's Eve and such silly things.'

'Various surveys of [London] employers come to the predictable conclusion that migrants are better employees: they are more highly skilled, work harder and are prepared to do jobs that locals disdain.
They may also be more innovative. In America they are
disproportionately responsible for tech start-ups; similarly, they are
over-represented in Silicon Roundabout, the tech hub east of the City,
... firms set up or managed by migrants are more innovative.'

---The Economist, opinion leader since 1843 for the elite and those who strive to join them

3) Diversity is a religious principle the Gods of Equalitarianism want us to uphold:

'I'm
concerned that this increased speculation could cause a backlash
against some of our Muslim soldiers ... Our diversity, not only in our
Army, but in our country, is a strength. And as horrific as this tragedy
was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I think that’s worse.'

--George W. Casey, highest-ranking general in the U.S. Army, reacting to the Fort Hood army base shooting, in which a Palestinian army major cried 'Allahu Akbar!' while killing 13 and wounding 30.

One
of the oddest things about such cheerleaders, especially in Europe, is
their avid support of 'women's rights.' Odd, because the peoples with
which they long to fill up their countries share no such notion. The
proof is starting to bubble to the surface. Besides the honor killings, child marriages, genital mutilation, polygamy, and gender segregation
these neo-colonists have brought to the West, they are starting to act
out against the native populations. The results give pause.

A college student, hoping to raise awareness about street harassment in Brussels, secretly filmed one of her strolls through the capital and unwittingly showed the world that her country's catcalling epidemic is not a man problem but a Muslim one:

'Sexy ass.' 'Tramp.' 'Whore.' 'You turn me on.' 'Let's have a drink...at my place...or in a hotel, directly.'
Without stopping once nor looking anyone in the eye, modestly-dressed
student Sophie Peeters fields a barrage of sexual propositions on her
afternoon stroll through Brussels. As the hidden camera shows, every
single one clearly comes from the mouth of a foreigner.